Conventional Medicinal Plants and Their Pharmaceutical Applications: An Overview

Medicinal plants are present all over the world. They are showing pharmaceutical activity from ancient days to till now. These plants are from different families. Different types of parts like roots, stem, bark, flowers, fruits, seeds, etc used as sources of these plants. Numerous diseases and symptoms can be treated using these plants. Lots of chemical ingredients like alkaloids, glycosides, tannins, terpenoids, resins, flavonoids, saponins, steroids, fixed oils, proteins, carbohydrates, etc are found in those plants. Sometimes these medicinal plants are also used as ethnomedicines. Daily life is totally dependent on these plants. Lots of plants like Neem, Tulsi, Vasaka, Vinca, Cinchona, Amla, Brahmi, Cinnamon, Aloe, Ashoka, etc are available in India to treat different types of diseases. The review study focuses the details of conventional cum traditional plants and their different pharmaceutical applications